By IANS,
Aden (Yemen) : Yemen’s central prison director along with his deputy and a number of guards have been detained for investigation following escape of 63 Al Qaeda prisoners earlier this week, country’s Defence Ministry said.
The prisoners escaped from a central jail in al-Muakala city, the provincial capital of Yemen’s Hadramout province, through a 35-metre-long tunnel they dug in 25 days, Xinhua quoted Yemen’s official Saba news agency stating in a report Sunday.
At least one soldier was killed and two others were injured in the incident as the prisoners attacked them while fleeing.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) intensified their activities in southern provinces of Yemen as its government was in the grip of five-month-long protests demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.